What is the difference between “Irony”, “satire”, “parody”, and “sarcasm”?
Irony expression of something which is contrary to the intended meaning; the words say one thing but mean another. *Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar satire witty language used to convey insults or scorn “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own–Johathan Swift parody a composition that imitates somebody’s style in a humorous way sarcasm the use of irony to mock or convey contempt. In many ways, these words are related. They all could be used in describing the same work. For example: Although some of his music is original, much of the work of Weird Al Yankovic is written as parody of other artist’s original songs. His tone is frequently ironic or satiric or sarcastic.
